Day and Night Digital | Irish Independent » 2fm http://dayandnightmag.ie The best of the internet Fri, 18 May 2012 09:53:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Band of Blogs: Fanning Sessions, The Dead Weather & more http://dayandnightmag.ie/2009/07/17/band-of-blogs-fanning-sessions-the-dead-weather-more/ http://dayandnightmag.ie/2009/07/17/band-of-blogs-fanning-sessions-the-dead-weather-more/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:17:34 +0000 Niall Byrne http://dayandnightmag.ie/?p=815 ]]> The best musical finds from around the web this week..

The Dead Weather
Get ‘Treat Me Like Your Mother’, a taster of Jack White and Alison Mosshart of the Kills new band as a free download.

Fanning Sessions
An Irish music blogger has begun posting Fanning sessions he recorded from 84-89 with artists like The Fat Lady Sings, A House, The Stunning, Phil Lynott and JFK.

Florence and the Machine P.E.S.T. remix
An epic and euphoric dance take on Florence Welch’s ‘Rabbit Heart’ single by a mysterious remix duo.

Delorean mixtape
BigStereo posted this superb mixtape from Spanish electro-pop band Delorean recently. The band’s Ayrton Senna EP is definitely worth a look if you dig this.

]]> http://dayandnightmag.ie/2009/07/17/band-of-blogs-fanning-sessions-the-dead-weather-more/feed/ 2 Sites of the Week: David Byrne, Scanwiches, 2FM http://dayandnightmag.ie/2009/04/03/sites-of-the-week-david-byrne-scanwiches-2fm/ http://dayandnightmag.ie/2009/04/03/sites-of-the-week-david-byrne-scanwiches-2fm/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:39:33 +0000 Niall Byrne http://dayandnightmag.ie/?p=442 ]]> 1. Scanwiches
Yup, you guessed it! Bored office workers take time out during lunch to scan their lunches. Fascinating.
http://scanwiches.com

2. David Byrne’s Journal
The former Talking Heads frontman intelligently ruminates on life, art, music and anything else which takes his fancy. Most likely to do a post about the banking crisis than post funny links.
http://journal.davidbyrne.com

3. 2FM
Following on the heels of Today FM, 2FM’s new site has a now playing info bar, video content and artist pages with info taken from Wikipedia, Youtube and Myspace.
http://2fm.rte.ie

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  • Monty Python gain from Youtube
    After three years of people uploading Python clips to Youtube, the classic comedy troupe struck back by uploading their own high quality versions. The result: a 23,000% increase in DVD sales on Amazon.
    - via Mashable.
  • Facebookers react to 2FM policy change
    In reaction to 2FM’s decision to cut all non-music talk from daytime shows Nikki Hayes and Rick O’ Shea, a Facebook group is galvanising people to voice their dissatisfaction.
    If It’s Not Broken Don’t Fix It: Keep Rick O’Shea and Nikki Hayes Talking
  • Breaking News!
    According to German scientists, the universe may be a giant hologram..
    New Scientist
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